Last revised: April 19, 2023
By: Adam Burns
The F7 was the Electro-Motive's four entry in its line of freight service locomotives and proved to be one of the most successful designs of any type ever built.
The model debuted directly after the F3 in the late 1940s and with EMD's success in the market up to that point railroads quickly placed orders for the F7. Once again, the latest F model proved efficient, rugged, and easy to maintain.
Before production had ended on the F7 nearly 4,000 units were produced outselling all other manufacturers' designs, combined. The F7 proved so reliable and useful for many roads that hundreds remained in regular freight service through the 1970s and 1980s.
Today, numerous F7's remain preserved (partially due it being the last model of its kind manufactured on a large scale) and some even continue to haul freight, a true testament to their design. The most famous set (a pair of B units) is the fleet owned by Class I Norfolk Southern used as part of its official business train.
The F7 began production in February of 1949. Internally, the model varied slightly from the F3 as it still carried GM's 16-cylinder, model 567B prime mover which could produce 1,500 horsepower.
It did use a slightly updated generator, the model D12B, and traction motor, the model D27C, first used on the "F5", which was technically a late model F3 (EMD did not distinguish the locomotive as an F5, instead referring to the slight variants as phases).
The new traction motor was meant to be more rugged and durable than the previous. However, it continued to offer the locomotive the same tractive effort as the earlier F3; 56,500 pounds starting and 40,000 pounds continuous. Using a similar frame design as the F3, F2, and FT the F7 was just over 50 feet in length and weighed 115 tons.
Once again railroads very much liked EMD's latest F model and many which had yet to fully dieselize did so after their F7 orders were completed (wartime restrictions had still held back some lines from either starting or completing their change over to diesel power).
The model was easy to maintain and very reliable; coupled with a matching 1,500 horsepower cabless B unit a set of F7s could double a train's power to 3,000 hp (in theory you could equip as many Fs to a single train as you wished, whether at the head-end or cut-in throughout the train).
While intended for use in freight service, with their clean, streamlined design many F7s also found their way into passenger service alongside E units (notably on the Santa Fe which sometimes featured Fs on trains as posh as the Super Chief and El Capitan).
Generally, the locomotive was equipped with a 62:15 gear ratio for freight service, offering a top speed of around 65 mph. However, for passenger assignments they were geared for higher speeds.
As with the F3, EMD slightly upgraded the F7's carbody during its production run although most changes were primarily focused on the grille area.
The EMD F7 was the SD40-2 of its day, the first true "common" diesel locomotive; thousands were built and could be found powering almost any train. When production had ended some 2,366 F7As and 1,483 F7Bs had been produced by 1953 just four years after the locomotive was first cataloged.
According to an article by Don Strack, published in the November/December 1991 issue of "Diesel Era: Volume 2, Number 6" the, "base price on two cab units was $161,000 and the base price for two booster units was $147,500."
This was also the first instance of the Electro-Motive Division's new General Motors Diesel (GMD) subsidiary filling orders. Located in London, Ontario, the new plant made it much easier to sell locomotives to Canadian lines.
In all, GMD sold 127 examples to the Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, and the Wabash for its line in southern Ontario between Detroit and Niagara Falls/Buffalo, New York. The model was EMD's most successful in the F series as no other future design ever came close to matching the F7's sales numbers.
Entered Production | 2/1949 (Rio Grande #555) |
Years Produced | 2/1949 - 12/1953 |
Engine | 567B |
Engine Builder | GM |
Horsepower | 1500 |
RPM | 800 |
Cylinders | 16 |
Length (F7A) | 50' 8" |
Length (F7B) | 50' 0" |
Height (Top Of Rail To Top Of Cab) | 15' 0" |
Width | 10' 7" |
Weight | 230,000 Lbs (A Units): 228,000 Lbs (B Units) |
Fuel Capacity | 1,200 Gallons |
Air Compressor | Gardner-Denver |
Air Compressor Model | WBO |
Air Brake Manufacturer | Westinghouse |
Air Brake Schedule | 24RL |
Trucks | B-B |
Truck Type | Blomberg |
Truck Wheelbase | 9' |
Wheel Size | 40" |
Traction Motors | D27C (4), GM |
Primary Generator | D12B, GM |
Auxiliary Generator | Delco (A8102) |
Alternator | D14 |
MU (Multiple-Unit) | Yes |
Dynamic Brakes | Yes |
Gear Ratio | 62:15 |
Tractive Effort (Starting) | 55,000 Lbs at 25% |
Tractive Effort (Continuous) | 40,000 Lbs at 9.3 mph |
Top Speed | 65 mph |
* Steam generators were optional in the F7. They were produced by Vapor Clarkson; model OK4625 (1,200 Lbs/Hr) for "A" units and model OK4616 (1,200 Lbs/Hr) for "B" units.
Owner | Road Number | Serial Number | Order Number | Completion Date |
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western | 631A, 631C, 611A, 611C | 4967-4970 | E852 | 7/1949 |
Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis | 809-815 | 5793-5799 | E1074 | 4/1949 |
Denver & Rio Grande Western | 555 (1st and 4th units in A-B-B-A set) | 5862-5863 | E956 | 2/1949 |
Denver & Rio Grande Western | 557 (1st and 4th units in A-B-B-A set) | 5866-5867 | E956 | 2/1949 |
St Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) | 5018-5025 | 6042-6049 | E970 | 3/1949 |
Rock Island | 100, 110, 101, 111, 102, 112, 103, 113, 104, 114, 105,115, 106, 116, 107, 117, 108, 118, 109, 119 | 6094-6113 | E972 | 5/1949 |
Rock Island | 675-677 | 6139-6141 | E1198 | 3/1949 |
New York Central | 1636-1646 | 6229-6239 | E986 | 5/1949 |
Milwaukee Road | 84A, 84D - 85A, 85D | 6323-6326 | E997 | 5/1949 |
Chicago & North Western | 4067A, 4067C - 4071A, 4071C | 6598-6607 | E1013 | 3/1949 |
Southern | 4207-4220 | 6771-6784 | E1027 | 5/1949 |
Southern Pacific | 6140A, 6140D - 6142A, 6142D | 6943-6948 | E1036 | 6/1949 |
Southern Pacific | 6143A, 6143D - 6159A, 6159D | 6949-6982 | E1310 | 6/1949 |
Chicago Great Western | 153-156 | 7058-7061 | E1039 | 6/1949 |
Southern Pacific | 6160A, 6160D - 6169A, 6169D | 7106-7125 | E1310 | 8/1949, 10/1949 |
Northern Pacific | 6507A, 6507C, 6508A, 6508C, 6501C, 6502C | 7146-7151 | E1040 | 4/1949 - 5/1949 |
New York Central | 1647-1662 | 7153-7168 | E1041 | 7/1949 |
Southern Pacific | 6240-6279 | 7214-7253 | E1044 | 12/1949-1/1950 |
Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) | 208A, 208C - 211A, 211C | 7377-7384 | E1050 | 6/1949 |
Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) | 226A, 226C - 229A, 229C | 7389-7396 | E1051 | 6/1949 |
Soo Line | 2201A, 2201C - 2203A, 2203C | 7405-7410 | E1053 | 5/1949 - 6/1949 |
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western | 636A, 632A - 635A | 7444-7448 | E1059 | 7/1949 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 180, 180A - 192, 192A (Evens) | 7554-7567 | E1079 | 8/1949 - 10/1949 |
Pennsylvania | 9690A-9699A | 7580-7589 | E1080 | 4/1949 |
Wabash | 1104, 1104A | 7607-7608 | E1085 | 3/1949 |
Wabash | 1100, 1100A - 1102, 1102A | 7609-7614 | E1085 | 8/1949 |
Wabash | 1103, 1103A | 7619-7620 | E1085 | 8/1949 |
Wabash | 1105, 1105A - 1107, 1107A | 7622-7627 | E1085 | 8/1949 |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio | 811B, 812A, 812B, 813A | 7633-7636 | E1089 | 9/1949 |
Santa Fe | 202, 202C - 211, 211C | 7746-7765 | E1095 | 6/1949 - 9/1949 |
St Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) | 5026-5033 | 7818-7825 | E970 | 3/1949 - 4/1949 |
Kansas City Southern | 70A, 70C - 71A, 71C | 7873-7876 | E1116 | 10/1949 |
Milwaukee Road | 86A, 87A/87C-89A/C | 7944-7950 | E1126 | 10/1949 - 11/1949 |
Missouri Pacific (International-Great Northern) | 599-606 | 7964-7971 | E1127 | 9/1949 |
Missouri Pacific | 579-594 | 7972-7987 | E1128 | 9/1949 - 10/1949 |
Missouri Pacific | 577-578 | 7996-7997 | E1141 | 9/1949 |
Missouri Pacific (St Louis, Brownsville & Mexico) | 607-610 | 8002-8005 | E1129 | 10/1949 |
Missouri Pacific (St Louis, Brownsville & Mexico) | 611-614 | 8006-8009 | E1315 | 10/1949 |
Missouri Pacific (International-Great Northern) | 595, 597, 596, 598 | 8010-8013 | E1130 | 9/1949 |
New York Central | 1663-1676 | 8137-8150 | E1137 | 11/1949 |
Pennsylvania | 9667A-9676A | 8227-8236 | E1144 | 3/1949 - 7/1949 |
Minneapolis & St Louis | 150A, 150C, 250A, 250C | 8255-8258 | E1145 | 11/1949 |
Santa Fe | 212, 212C - 216, 216C | 8281-8290 | E1152 | 11/1949 |
Santa Fe | 37, 37C - 41, 41C | 8301-8310 | E1216 | 9/1949 |
Denver & Rio Grande Western | 558 - 564 (1st and 4th units in A-B-B-A set) | 8345-8358 | E1157 | 5/1949, 7/1949 |
Milwaukee Road | 74A, 74C - 79A, 79C | 8389-8400 | E1158 | 12/1949 - 1/1950 |
Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf | 751-754 | 8404-8407 | E1159 | 4/1949 |
Texas & Pacific (Missouri Pacific) | 1500-1503 | 8428-8431 | E1168 | 2/1949 |
Texas & Pacific (Missouri Pacific) | 1504-1507 | 8432-8435 | E1168 | 6/1949 |
Texas & Pacific (Missouri Pacific) | 1508-1511 | 8436-8439 | E1168 | 11/1949 |
Texas & Pacific (Missouri Pacific) | 1512-1519 | 8452-8459 | E1169 | 11/1949 |
Boston & Maine | 4266-4267 | 8476-8477 | E1173 | 3/1949 |
Boston & Maine | 4265 | 8478 | E1174 | 3/1949 |
Great Northern | 444A, 444D, 446A, 446D | 8511-8514 | E1180 | 10/1949 |
Chicago & North Western | 4072A, 4072C - 4073A, 4073C | 8548-8551 | E1188 | 7/1949 |
Chicago & North Western | 4074A, 4074C - 4086A, 4086C | 8552-8577 | E1188 | 10/1949, 12/1949 |
Chicago & North Western (Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha) | 6500A, 6500C - 6502A, 6502C | 8578-8583 | E1188 | 12/1949 |
Kansas City Southern (Louisiana & Arkansas) | 32A | 8600 | E1190 | 2/1949 |
Kansas City Southern (Louisiana & Arkansas) | 33A | 8602 | E1191 | 2/1949 |
Missouri Pacific (International-Great Northern) | 617-618 | 8645-8646 | 3000 | 4/1950 |
Missouri Pacific (St Louis, Brownsville & Mexico) | 615-616 | 8647-8648 | 3052 | 4/1950 |
Santa Fe | 300-305 | 8712-8717 | E1212 | 10/1949 |
Northern Pacific | 6500C, 6509A/6509C-6512A/6512C | 8731-8739 | E1214 | 9/1949 |
St Louis Southwestern Railway (Frisco) | 925-937 (Odds) | 8755-8761 | 3001 | 2/1950 |
Pennsylvania | 9640A-9647A, 9664A-9665A | 8767-8776 | E1221 | 2/1950 - 3/1950 |
Pennsylvania | 9656A-9661A | 8791-8796 | 3037 | 3/1950 |
Pennsylvania | 9652A-9655A | 8800-8803 | 3038 | 2/1950 |
Santa Fe | 217, 217C - 226, 226C | 8920-8939 | E1234 | 12/1949 |
Western Pacific | 913A, 913D - 921A, 921D | 8962-8979 | 3006 | 1/1950 |
Wabash | 1165/1165A - 1172/1172A, 1173 | 9020-9036 | 3008 | 6/1951 - 7/1951 |
Wabash | 1140/1140A - 1146/1146A, 1108, 1108A, 1147/1147A - 1152/1152A | 9047-9074 | 3009 | 6/1950 - 7/1950 |
New York Central | 1677-1696 | 9101-9120 | 3012 | 4/1951 - 5/1951 |
Kansas City Southern (Louisiana & Arkansas) | 74D, 75A, 75D | 9164-9166 | 3013 | 2/1951 |
Atlantic Coast Line | 348-371 | 9191-9214 | 3014 | 3/1950 |
Minneapolis & St Louis | 350A, 350C | 9225-9226 | E1145 | 11/1949 |
Southern Pacific | 6280-6295 | 9237-9252 | 3015 | 2/1950 |
Texas-Mexican | 800A, 800B | 9415-9416 | E1266 | 5/1949 |
Lehigh Valley | 560-566 (Evens) | 9434-9437 | 6009 | 2/1950 |
Southern | 4221-4245 | 9481-9505 | E1271 | 5/1949 - 6/1949 |
Great Northern | 448A, 448D - 456A, 456D (Evens) | 9538-9547 | 3017 | 3/1950 |
Great Northern | 268A-270A | 9563-9565 | 3019 | 6/1950 |
Santa Fe | 227, 227C - 241, 241C | 9577-9606 | 3020 | 3/1950 - 5/1950 |
Santa Fe | 306-312 | 9607-9613 | 6114 | 5/1950 |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | 163A-166A | 9692-9695 | 3021 | 5/1950 |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | 167A, 167C - 169A, 169C | 9696-9701 | 3058 | 5/1950 |
Chesapeake & Ohio | 7000-7015 | 9728-9743 | 6000 | 9/1950 |
Louisville & Nashville | 800-814 | 9757-9771 | 3023 | 4/1950 - 5/1950 |
Reading | 266-283 | 9802-9819 | 3024 | 5/1950 |
Pennsylvania | 9648A-9651A, 9662A-9663A, 9666A | 9826-9832 | 3025 | 2/1950 |
Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis | 816-820 | 9877-9881 | 3028 | 6/1950 |
Electro-Motive (Demonstrator) | 930 (became Boston & Maine #4268) | 9932 | 89930 | 10/1949 |
New York Central | 1697-1710 | 9995-10008 | 3012 | 5/1951 - 6/1951 |
Electro-Motive (Demonstrators) | 801-802 (became Great Northern #272A, #272B) | 10081-10082 | E1314 | 4/1949 |
Erie | 711A, 711D | 10112-10113 | 6006 | 1/1950 |
Chicago & North Western | 4087A, 4087C | 10150-10151 | E1188 | 12/1949 |
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac | 1101-1108 | 10152-10159 | 6012 | 11/1949 |
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac | 1109-1110 | 10168-10169 | 6016 | 2/1950 |
Atlantic Coast Line | 372-383 | 10193-10204 | 3014 | 3/1950 - 4/1950 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 231-237, 239/239A-243/243A (Odds) | 10221-10230 | 3034 | 8/1950 |
Milwaukee Road | 69A, 69C - 73A, 73C | 10311-10320 | 3035 | 7/1950 |
Milwaukee Road | 68A, 68C | 10321-10322 | 3053 | 7/1950 |
Milwaukee Road | 48A/48C-50A/50C, 106A-108A | 10347-10355 | 3036 | 12/1950 - 1/1951 |
St Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) | 5034-5039 | 10539-10544 | 6030 | 5/1950 |
Chicago & North Western (Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha) | 6503A, 6503C - 6505A, 6505C | 10558-10563 | 6035 | 4/1950 |
Chicago & North Western | 4088A, 4088C - 4102A, 4102C | 10564-10593 | 6035 | 4/1950 |
Southern Pacific | 6296-6339 | 10601-10644 | 3039 | 10/1950 - 12/1950 |
Western Pacific | 922A, 922D - 924A, 924D | 10803-10808 | 3040 | 6/1951 |
Northern Pacific | 6513A, 6513C | 10855-10856 | 6045 | 2/1950 |
Northern Pacific | 6007A, 6007D - 6012A, 6012D | 10908-10919 | 6053 | 2/1950 |
Great Northern | 273A, 273B - 274A, 274B | 11063-11066 | 3042 | 10/1950 |
Great Northern | 275A, 275B | 11071-11072 | 3043 | 10/1950 |
Great Northern | 364A, 364C - 365A, 365C | 11073-11076 | 3044 | 10/1950 |
Great Northern | 307A, 307C - 309A, 309C | 11079-11084 | 3045 | 10/1950 |
Western Maryland | 53-60 | 11100-11107 | 6071 | 3/1950 |
Louisville & Nashville | 815 | 11251 | 3023 | 5/1950 |
Louisville & Nashville | 815-833 | 11252-11269 | 3061 | 6/1950 - 8/1950 |
Wabash | 1153, 1153A | 11293-11294 | 3009 | 7/1950 |
Colorado & Southern | 700A, 700D - 702A, 702D | 11317-11322 | 3049 | 8/1950 |
Fort Worth & Denver City | 750A, 750D - 752A, 752D | 11329-11334 | 6126 | 8/1950 |
Denver & Rio Grande Western | 5651, 5654, 5661, 5664, 5671, 5674, 5681, 5684, 5691, 5694 | 11405-11414 | 6093 | 06/50 |
Southern (Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific) | 6114-6120 | 11517-11523 | 6098 | 4/1950 |
Texas & Pacific (Missouri Pacific) | 1520-1536 | 11559-11575 | 6103 | 7/1950 |
St Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) | 939 | 11626 | 3055 | 4/1950 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 245, 245A, 247, 247A | 11705-11708 | 3034 | 8/1950 |
Milwaukee Road | 109A, 109C - 111A, 111C | 11800-11805 | 3036 | 12/1950 - 1/1951 |
Bessemer & Lake Erie | 701A-707A | 11809-11815 | 6118 | 6/1950 |
Chesapeake & Ohio | 7016-7031 | 11842-11857 | 6000 | 9/1950 |
Atlantic Coast Line | 384-388 | 11909-11913 | 6122 | 10/1950 |
Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis | 821-825 | 11952-11956 | 3028 | 6/1950 |
Louisville & Nashville | 834-846 | 11969-11981 | 3060 | 10/1950 |
Minneapolis & St Louis | 151A,C | 12027-12028 | 3062 | 12/1950 |
Texas & Pacific (Missouri Pacific) | 1537-1557 | 12029-12049 | 3063 | 3/1951 - 4/1951 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 249, 249A - 263, 263A (Odds) | 12259-12274 | 3064 | 9/1950 - 10/1950 |
Wabash | 1154, 1154A | 12305-12306 | 3009 | 7/1950 |
Soo Line (Wisconsin Central) | 2224A, 22724B - 2225A, 2225B | 12314-12317 | 6141 | 7/1950 |
Kansas City Southern | 59D, 72A/72D - 73A/73D, 74A | 12318-12323 | 6142 | 8/1950 - 9/1950 |
Electro-Motive (Demonstrators) | 1950A-1950B (became Louisville & Nashville #857-858 in 11/1950) | 12334-12335 | 6217 | 6/1950 |
Southern (Alabama Great Southern) | 6714-6719 | 12351-12356 | 6145 | 11/1950 |
Louisville & Nashville | 847-848 | 12384-12385 | 3060 | 11/1950 |
Atlantic Coast Line | 389-391 | 12392-12394 | 6122 | 10/1950 |
Electro-Motive (Demonstrator) | 5040 (became Union Pacific #1483 in 12/1952) | 12466 | 6499 | 7/1950 |
Lehigh Valley | 568-574 (Evens) | 12483-12486 | 3065 | 1/1951 |
Missouri Pacific | 619-622 | 12521-12524 | 3067 | 3/1951 |
Missouri Pacific | 623-626 | 12527-12530 | 6272 | 3/1951 |
Wabash | 1173A, 1174/1174A - 1176/1176A | 12612-12618 | 3008 | 7/1951 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 265/265A - 279/279A (Odds) | 12626-12673 | 6161 | 10/1950 - 12/1950 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 281/281A - 297/297A (Odds), 361, 361A | 12642-12661 | 6207 | 1/1951 - 2/1951 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 363, 363A, 365, 365A, 367-374 | 12662-12673 | 6161 | 12/1950 - 1/1951 |
Southern Pacific | 6340-6367 | 12745-12772 | 3071 | 8/1951 |
Southern Pacific | 6368-6377 | 12801-12810 | 3125 | 9/1951 |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) | 338-353 | 12811-12826 | 3126 | 9/1951 |
Rock Island | 120, 124, 121, 125, 122, 126, 123, 127 | 12950-12957 | 3072 | 5/1951 |
Charleston & Western Carolina | 900-905 | 12979-12984 | 6172 | 12/1950 |
Louisville & Nashville | 849-856 | 13141-13148 | 3060 | 11/1950 |
Western Maryland | 61-62 | 13157-13158 | 6186 | 11/1950 |
Erie | 807A, 807D | 13209-13210 | 3074 | 3/1951 |
Western Maryland | 63-66 | 13554-13557 | 6186 | 12/1950 |
Pennsylvania | 9764A-9831A | 13578-13645 | 3051 | 1/1951 |
Bessemer & Lake Erie | 708A-714A | 13678-13684 | 3085 | 2/1951 - 3/1951 |
Santa Fe | 242, 242C - 251, 251C | 13707-13726 | 3078 | 1/1951 - 2/1951 |
Santa Fe | 259, 259C - 268, 268C | 13727-13746 | 3095 | 8/1951 - 9/1951 |
Santa Fe | 313-316 | 14071-14074 | 3099 | 6/1951 |
Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis | 826-831 | 13861-13866 | 3047 | 3/1951 |
Union Pacific | 1466, 1468, 1470, 1467, 1469 | 13982-13986 | 6237 | 3/1951 |
Soo Line | 212A, 212B | 14001-14002 | 3079 | 3/1951 |
Soo Line (Wisconsin Central) | 2226A, 2226B - 2227A, 2227B | 14003-14006 | 6245 | 3/1951 |
Southern | 4246-4253 | 14112-14119 | 3077 | 4/1951 |
Southern | 4254-4259 | 14120-14125 | 3110 | 4/1951 |
Southern | 4260-4269 | 14126-14135 | 3109 | 6/1951 |
Northern Pacific | 6013A, 6013D - 6018A, 6018D | 14252-14263 | 3092 | 5/1951 - 6/1951 |
Louisville & Nashville | 844-849, 900-903 | 14434-14443 | 3108 | 6/1951 |
Texas & Pacific (Missouri Pacific) | 1558-1580 | 14518-14540 | 3100 | 7/1951 - 8/1951 |
St Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) | 941-947 (Odds) | 14673-14676 | 3081 | 7/1951 |
Kansas City Southern (Louisiana & Arkansas) | 76A, 76D | 14730-14731 | 6311 | 4/1951 |
Clinchfield | 806-814 | 14788-14796 | 6309 | 10/1951 - 12/1951 |
St Louis Southwestern Railway | 949-959 (Odds) | 14817-14822 | 6319 | 10/1951 |
Atlantic Coast Line | 392-418 | 14859-14885 | 3113 | 9/1951 - 11/1951 |
Wabash | 1177, 1177A - 1182, 1182A | 15036-15047 | 3115 | 1/1952 |
Union Pacific | 1471-1480 | 15087-15096 | 3094 | 10/1951 - 11/1951 |
Erie | 712A, 712D | 15135-15136 | 6308 | 12/1951 |
Milwaukee Road | 113A, 113C - 118A, 118C | 15209-15220 | 3106 | 11/1951 |
New York Central | 1711-1781 | 15322-15392 | 3082 | 3/1952 - 6/1952 |
New York Central | 1782-1841 | 15393-15452 | 3098 | 11/1951 - 3/1952 |
Northern Pacific | 6019A, 6019D - 6020A, 6020D | 15672-15675 | 3134 | 12/1951 |
Texas & Pacific (Missouri Pacific) | 1581-1582 | 15839-15840 | 3101 | 1/1952 |
Atlantic Coast Line | 419-423 | 15867-15871 | 6363 | 12/1951 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 929-945, 929A-945A (Odds) | 15905-15922 | 3122 | 1/1952 |
Chesapeake & Ohio | 7032-7085 | 15969-16022 | 3097 | 1/1952 - 5/1952 |
Great Northern | 311A, 311C - 317A, 317C | 16071-16084 | 3127 | 3/1952 - 4/1952 |
Great Northern | 280A-281A | 16092-16093 | 3128 | 6/1952 |
Great Northern | 271A, 271B | 16096-16097 | 3129 | 4/1952 |
New York Central | 1842-1873 | 16220-16251 | 3124 | 9/1952 - 10/1952 |
Soo Line | 213A, 213B - 214A, 214B | 16474-16477 | 3137 | 7/1952 |
Denver & Rio Grande Western | 5701, 5704, 5711, 5714, 5721, 5724, 5731, 5734, 5741, 5744, 5751, 5754, 5761, 5764 | 16517-16530 | 3149 | 6/1952 -7/1952 |
Southern Pacific | 6378-6405 | 16559-16586 | 3107 | 7/1952 - 8/1952 |
Bessemer & Lake Erie | 715A-724A | 16587-16596 | 3105 | 6/1952 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 947, 947A - 961, 961A (Odds) | 16642-16657 | 3146 | 8/1952 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 963/963A - 973/973A (Odds), 975 | 16658-16670 | 3154 | 8/1952 |
Pennsylvania | 9872A-9879A | 16791-16798 | 3144 | 9/1952 |
St Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) | 961-967 (Odds) | 16812-16815 | 6396 | 5/1952 |
Wabash | 1183, 1183A - 1186, 1186A | 17068-17075 | 3123 | 9/1952 |
Southern Pacific | 6406-6423 | 17172-17189 | 3153 | 11/1952 |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) | 354-363 | 17208-17217 | 3157 | 12/52 - 1/1953 |
Chesapeake & Ohio | 7086-7093 | 17264-17271 | 3147 | 10/1952 - 11/1952 |
Great Northern | 460A | 17276 | 6452 | 8/1952 |
Santa Fe | 42-44 | 17307-17309 | 6447 | 10/1952 |
Santa Fe | 45-47 | 17310-17312 | 6454 | 10/1952 |
Santa Fe | 42C-44C | 17313-17315 | 6447 | 10/1952 |
Santa Fe | 45C-47C | 17316-17318 | 6454 | 10/1952 |
Electro-Motive (Demonstrators) | 459A, 459D (became Union Pacific #1481-1482 in 10/1952) | 17412-17413 | 6459 | 9/1952 |
St Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) | 969-975 (Odds) | 17424-17427 | 6440 | 9/1952 |
Santa Fe | 306-309 | 17434-17437 | 6465 | 12/1952 |
Clinchfield | 815-820 | 17480-17485 | 3114 | 12/1952 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 977, 977A - 993, 993A (Odds) | 17512-17529 | 6467 | 1/1953 |
Western Maryland | 231-242 | 17539-17550 | 3068 | 12/1952 |
Wabash | 1187, 1187A - 1188, 1188A | 17576-17579 | 3156 | 1/1953 |
Alaska Railroad | 1500-1504 (Evens) | 17710-17712 | 7021 | 12/1952 |
Great Northern | 462A, 464A | 17851-17858 | 3151 | 1/1953 |
Great Northern | 466A, 468A | 17853-17854 | 6498 | 1/1953 - 2/1953 |
Great Northern | 462D, 464D | 17855-17856 | 3151 | 1/1953 |
Great Northern | 466D, 468D | 17857-17858 | 6498 | 1/1953 - 2/1953 |
Bessemer & Lake Erie | 725A-728A | 17909-17912 | 3158 | 2/1953 |
Spokane, Portland & Seattle | 803-806 | 17915-17918 | 6123 | 1/1953 |
Santa Fe | 310-314 | 17933-17937 | 6466 | 3/1953 |
Santa Fe | 336-344 | 17948-17956 | 6501 | 4/1953 - 5/1953 |
Southern Pacific | 6440-6445 | 18154-18159 | 3166 | 2/1953 |
Milwaukee Road | 119A, 119C - 121A, 121C | 18208-18213 | 3131 | 4/1953 |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) | 364-375 | 18357-18368 | 3167 | 5/1953 - 7/1953 |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) | 376-381 | 18369-18374 | 3167 | 3/1953 |
Soo Line (Wisconsin Central) | 2228A, 2228B - 2230A, 2230B | 18431-18436 | 3139 | 8/1953 |
Santa Fe | 269,C-280,C | 18911-18934 | 6523 | 11/1953 - 12/1953 |
Alaska Railroad | 1506, 1508 | 19045-19046 | 3169 | 12/1953 |
Owner | Road Number | Serial Number | Order Number | Completion Date | Heritage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atlantic Coast Line | 317 | 2403 | 7005 | 3/1951 | FTA 317 |
Denver & Rio Grande Western | 5481 | 1902 | 7006 | 3/1951 | FTA 548A |
Kansas City Southern | 59D (2nd) | 12318 | 8006 | 12/1951 | F7A 59D (1st) |
Union Pacific | 1464 | 6333 | 8010 | 3/1952 | F3A 1459 |
Union Pacific | 1465 | 6718 | 8011 | 3/1952 | F3A 1553 |
Union Pacific | 1466 (2nd) | 13982 | 8013 | 6/1952 | F7A 1466 (1st) |
Great Northern | 350A | 4673 | 8016 | 6/1952 | F3A 350A |
Great Northern | 360A | 4355 | 8016 | 7/1952 | F3A 228 |
Great Northern | 460D | 1945 | 8021 | 8/1952 | FTA 418D |
Owner | Road Number | Serial Number | Order Number | Completion Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western | 636B, 611B | 4971-4972 | E852 | 7/1949 |
Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis | 912-913 | 5800-5801 | E1074 | 4/1949 |
Denver & Rio Grande Western | 555 (2nd and 3rd units in A-B-B-A set) | 5868-5869 | E956 | 2/1949 |
Denver & Rio Grande Western | 557 (2nd and 3rd units in A-B-B-A set) | 5872-5873 | E956 | 2/1949 |
St Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) | 5118-5121 | 6050-6053 | E970 | 3/1949 |
Rock Island | 100B-109B | 6114-6123 | E972 | 5/1949 |
Rock Island | 675B-677B | 6142-6144 | E1198 | 3/1948 |
New York Central | 2420 | 6240 | E986 | 5/1949 |
Milwaukee Road | 84B, 84C - 85B, 85C | 6327-6330 | E997 | 05/1949 |
New York Central | 2421 | 6381 | E986 | 5/1949 |
Chicago & North Western | 4067B-4071B | 6608-6612 | E1013 | 3/1949 |
Southern | 4385-4394 | 6793-6802 | E1027 | 5/1949 |
Southern Pacific | 6140B, 6140C - 6142B, 64142C | 7126-7131 | E1036 | 6/1949 |
Southern Pacific | 6143B, 6143C - 6149B, 6149C | 7132-7145 | E1310 | 6/1949 |
New York Central | 2422-2429 | 7169-7176 | E1041 | 7/1949 |
Southern Pacific | 8140-8179 | 7254-7293 | E1044 | 12/1949 - 1/1950 |
Missouri-Kansas-Texas | 208B-211B | 7385-7388 | E1050 | 6/1949 |
Soo Line (Wisconsin Central) | 2201C-2203C | 7412-7414 | E1053 | 5/1949 - 6/1949 |
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western | 632B-635B | 7449-7452 | E1059 | 7/1949 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 180x, 180Ax - 184x, 184Ax (Evens) | 7568-7573 | E1079 | 8/1949 - 9/1949 |
Pennsylvania | 9547B-9555B (Odds) | 7593-7597 | E1080 | 4/1949 |
Wabash | 1104B | 7615 | E1085 | 3/1949 |
Wabash | 1100B-1102B | 7616-7618 | E1085 | 8/1949 |
Wabash | 1103B | 7621 | E1085 | 8/1949 |
Wabash | 1105B-1107B | 7628-7630 | E1085 | 8/1949 |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio | B65-B70 | 7637-7642 | E1089 | 9/1949 |
Santa Fe | 202A, 202B - 211A, 211B | 7766-7785 | E1095 | 6/1949 - 9/1949 |
St Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) | 5122-5125 | 7826-7829 | E970 | 3/1949 - 4/1949 |
Kansas City Southern | 70B-71B | 7877-7878 | E1116 | 10/1949 |
Kansas City Southern | 33B | 7879 | E1117 | 10/1949 |
Chicago Great Western | 109D-110D | 7905-7906 | E1121 | 6/1949 |
Chicago Great Western | 111D, 105D-108D | 7911-7915 | E1122 | 10/1949 |
Milwaukee Road | 87B-89B | 7951-7953 | E1126 | 10/1949 - 11/1949 |
Milwaukee Road | 74B-79B | 7954-7959 | E1158 | 12/1949 - 1/1950 |
Missouri Pacific | 587B-594B | 7988-7995 | E1128 | 9/1949 - 10/1949 |
New York Central | 2430 | 8151 | E1137 | 11/1949 |
Missouri Pacific (International-Great Northern) | 595B-596B | 8155-8156 | E1130 | 9/1949 |
Southern Pacific | 6150B, 6150C - 6169B, 6169C | 8187-8226 | E1310 | 6/1949 - 8/1949 |
Pennsylvania | 9667B-9676B | 8237-8246 | E1144 | 3/1949 - 7/1949 |
Santa Fe | 212A, 212B - 216A, 216B | 8291-8300 | E1152 | 11/1949 |
Santa Fe | 37A, 37B - 41A, 41B | 8311-8320 | E1216 | 9/1949 |
Denver & Rio Grande Western | 558 - 564 (2nd and 3rd units in A-B-B-A set) | 8359-8372 | E1157 | 5/1949- 7/1949 | Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf | 755B-756B | 8408-8409 | E1159 | 4/1949 |
Texas & Pacific (Missouri Pacific) | 1500B-1503B | 8440-8443 | E1168 | 2/1949 |
Texas & Pacific (Missouri Pacific) | 1504B-1507B | 8444-8447 | E1168 | 6/1949 |
Texas & Pacific (Missouri Pacific) | 1508B-1511B | 8448-8451 | E1168 | 11/1949 |
Texas & Pacific (Missouri Pacific) | 1512B-1515B | 8460-8463 | E1169 | 11/1o49 |
Great Northern | 444B, 444C, 446B, 446C | 8515-8518 | E1180 | 10/1949 |
Chicago & North Western | 4072B-4073B | 8584-8585 | E1188 | 7/1949 |
Chicago & North Western | 4074B-4078B | 8586-8590 | E1188 | 10/1949 |
Kansas City Southern (Louisiana & Arkansas) | 32B | 8601 | E1190 | 2/1949 |
Clinchfield | 853 | 8707 | E1175 | 3/1949 |
Santa Fe | 300A, 300B - 305A, 305B | 8718-8729 | E1212 | 10/1949 |
Northern Pacific | 6510B-6512B | 8740-8742 | E1214 | 9/1949 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 186x, 186Ax - 192x, 192Ax (Evens) | 8743-8750 | E1079 | 9/1949 |
St Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) | 926-932 even | 8762-8765 | 3001 | 2/1950 |
Pennsylvania | 9640B-9647B | 8777-8784 | E1221 | 3/1950 |
Pennsylvania | 9656B, 9658B, 9660B | 8797-8799 | 3037 | 3/1950 |
Pennsylvania | 9652B, 9654B | 8804-8805 | 3038 | 2/1950 |
Santa Fe | 217A, 217B - 226A, 226B | 8940-8959 | E1234 | 12/1949 |
Western Pacific | 913B, 913C - 921B, 921C | 8980-8997 | 3006 | 1/1950 |
Western Pacific | 804B-805B | 9006-9007 | 6043 | 1/1950 |
Kansas City Southern (Louisiana & Arkansas) | 76B, 76C, 77B | 9167-9169 | 3013 | 2/1951 |
Southern Pacific | 8180-8195 | 9253-9268 | 3015 | 2/1950 |
Lehigh Valley | 561-567 (Odds) | 9438-9441 | 6009 | 02/1950 |
Southern | 4395-4405 | 9506-9516 | E1271 | 5/1949 - 6/1949 |
Great Northern | 448B, 448C - 456B, 456C (Evens) | 9548-9557 | 3017 | 3/1950 |
Great Northern | 500B-504B | 9558-9562 | 3018 | 6/1950 |
Great Northern | 268B-270B | 9566-9568 | 3019 | 6/1950 |
Santa Fe | 227A, 227B - 241A, 241B | 9617-9646 | 3020 | 3/1950 - 5/1950 |
Santa Fe | 306A, 306B - 310A, 310B | 9647-9656 | 6114 | 5/1950 |
Southern | 4406-4409 | 9657-9660 | E1271 | 6/1949 |
New York Central | 2431-2435 | 9664-9668 | E1137 | 11/1949 |
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | 167B-169B | 9702-9704 | 3058 | 5/1950 |
Reading | 266B-271B | 9820-9825 | 3024 | 5/1950 |
Pennsylvania | 9648B, 9650B | 9833-9834 | 3025 | 2/1950 |
Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis | 914-917 | 9882-9885 | 3028 | 6/1950 |
Chicago & North Western | 4079B-4084B | 10025-10030 | E1188 | 10/1949 |
Erie Railroad | 711B, 711C | 10114-10115 | 6006 | 1/1950 |
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac | 1151-1158 | 10160-10167 | 6012 | 11/1949 |
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac | 1159-1160 | 10170-10171 | 6016 | 2/1950 |
Milwaukee Road | 69B-73B | 10335-10339 | 3035 | 7/1950 |
Milwaukee Road | 68B | 10340 | 3053 | 7/50 |
Milwaukee Road | 90B-95B | 10341-10346 | 3050 | 7/1950 |
Milwaukee Road | 48B-50B | 10356-10358 | 3036 | 12/1950 |
Milwaukee Road | 96B-97B | 10365-10366 | 3073 | 1/1951 |
Southern Pacific | 8196-8211 | 10645-10660 | 3039 | 10/1950 - 11/1950 |
Western Pacific | 922B, 922C - 924B, 924C | 10809-10814 | 3040 | 06/51 |
Northern Pacific | 6513B | 10857 | 2/1950 | |
Northern Pacific | 6007B, 6007C - 6012B, 6012C | 10920-10931 | 6053 | 2/1950 |
Electro-Motive (Demonstrators) | 7002-7003 (became Soo Line 2500B-2501B on order 6136) | 11013-11014 | 6061 | 11/1949 |
Electro-Motive (Demonstrators) | 9052-9053 (became Soo Line 500B-501B on order 6136) | 11016-11017 | 6062 | 11/1949 |
Great Northern | 364B-365B | 11077-11078 | 3044 | 10/1950 |
Great Northern | 307B-309B | 11087-11089 | 3045 | 10/1950 |
Western Maryland | 53B-59B (Odds) | 11108-11111 | 6071 | 3/1950 |
Louisville & Nashville | 900-902 | 11278-11280 | 3023 | 4/1950 |
Wabash | 1108B | 11295 | 3009 | 6/1950 |
Colorado & Southern (Burlington) | 700B, 700C - 702B, 702C | 11323-11328 | 3049 | 8/1950 |
Fort Worth & Denver City (Burlington) | 750B, 750C - 752B, 752C | 11335-11340 | 6126 | 8/1950 |
Denver & Rio Grande Western | 5652-5653, 5662-5663, 5672-5673, 5682-5683,5692-5693 | 11415-11424 | 6093 | 6/1950 |
Southern (Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific) | 6160-6163 | 11524-11527 | 6098 | 4/1950 |
Texas & Pacific (Missouri Pacific) | 1516B-1517B | 11576-11577 | 6103 | 7/1950 |
St Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) | 934 | 11627 | 3055 | 4/1950 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 231x-237x (Odds) | 11709-11712 | 3034 | 8/1950 |
Santa Fe | 311A, 311B - 312A, 312B | 11789-11792 | 6114 | 5/1950 |
Milwaukee Road | 109B-111B | 11806-11808 | 3036 | 12/1950 - 1/1951 |
Bessemer & Lake Erie | 701B-707B | 11816-11822 | 6118 | 6/1950 |
Chesapeake & Ohio | 7500-7515 | 11858-11873 | 6000 | 9/1950 |
Southern Pacific | 8212-8239 | 11881-11908 | 3039 | 11/1950 - 12/1950 |
Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis | 918-919 | 11957-11958 | 3028 | 6/1950 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 249x-263x (Odds) | 12275-12283 | 3064 | 9/1950 - 10/1950 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 153x-171x (Odds) | 12284-12292 | 3069 | 9/1950 |
Boston & Maine | 4265B-4266B | 12303-12304 | 6138 | 7/1950 |
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio | B71-B74 | 12310-12313 | 6140 | 7/1950 |
Kansas City Southern | 59B, 59C, 72B/72C-75B/75C | 12324-12333 | 6142 | 8/1950 - 9/1950 |
Southern (Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific) | 6164-6168 | 12346-12350 | 6178 | 11/1950 |
Southern (Alabama Great Southern) | 6756-6758 | 12357-12359 | 6145 | 11/1950 |
Boston & Maine | 4267B-4268B | 12382-12383 | 6150 | 11/1950 |
Lehigh Valley | 569, 571 | 12487-12488 | 3065 | 1/1951 |
Missouri Pacific | 629B-630B | 12525-12526 | 3067 | 3/1951 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 265x-279x (Odds) | 12674-12681 | 6161 | 11/1950 - 12/1950 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 281x-297x (Odds), 361x | 12682-12691 | 6207 | 1/1951 - 2/1951 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 363x, 363Ax, 365x, 365Ax, 367x/367Ax - 374x/374Ax | 12692-12711 | 6161 | 12/1950 - 1/1951 |
Southern Pacific | 8240-8267 | 12773-12800 08/51 (3071) | 3071 | 8/1951 |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) | 538-541 | 12827-12830 | 3126 | 9/1951 |
St Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) | 5126-5131 | 12944-12949 | 6290 | 6/1951 |
Rock Island | 120B-123B | 12958-12961 | 3072 | 5/1951 |
Pennsylvania | 9832B-9858B (Evens) | 13075-13088 | 3066 | 4/1952 - 6/1952 |
Erie Railroad | 807B | 13211 | 3074 | 3/1951 |
Texas & Pacific (Missouri Pacific) | 1518B-1523B | 13516-13521 | 3063 | 3/1951 - 4/1951 |
Chicago Great Western | 112D-114D, 113B | 13543-13546 | 6204 | 10/1950 |
Western Maryland | 63B | 13558 | 6186 | 12/1950 |
Chicago Great Western | 116B, 116D, 114B-115B | 13561-13564 | 6206 | 12/1950 |
Pennsylvania | 9764B-9818B (Evens) | 13646-13673 | 3051 | 1/1951 - 4/1951 |
Bessemer & Lake Erie | 708B-714B | 13685-13691 | 3085 | 2/1951 |
Santa Fe | 242A, 242B - 251A, 251B | 13747-13766 | 3078 | 1/1951 - 2/1951 |
Santa Fe | 259A, 259B - 268A, 268B | 13767-13786 | 3095 | 8/1951 - 9/1951 |
Santa Fe | 252A, 252B - 258A, 258B | 13801-13814 | 3084 | 5/1951 |
Union Pacific | 1466B, 1466C - 1474B, 1474C (Evens) | 13987-13996 | 6237 | 3/1951 |
Soo Line | 502B-503B | 13999-14000 | 3080 | 3/1951 |
Santa Fe | 313A, 313B - 316A, 316B | 14075-14082 | 3099 | 6/1951 |
Southern | 4410-4417 | 14146-14153 | 3077 | 4/1951 |
Southern | 4418-4423 | 14154-14159 | 3110 | 4/1951 |
Southern | 4424-4428 | 14160-14164 | 3109 | 6/1951 |
Northern Pacific | 6013B, 6013C - 6018B, 6018C | 14264-14275 | 3092 | 5/1951 - 6/1951 |
Texas & Pacific (Missouri Pacific) | 1524B-1530B | 14541-14547 | 3100 | 7/1951 |
Louisville & Nashville | 703-712 | 14622-14631 | 3048 | 9/1951 |
St Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) | 936,938 | 14677-14678 | 3081 | 7/1951 |
Chicago Great Western | 115D, 116E, 116F, 116G | 14723-14726 | 6304 | 5/1951 |
Kansas City Southern (Louisiana & Arkansas) | 77C, 78B, 78C, 79B | 14732-14735 | 6311 | 4/1951 |
Clinchfield | 854-860 | 14797-14803 | 6309 | 10/1951 - 12/1951 |
Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) | 121B-124B | 14813-14816 | 6318 | 1/1952 - 2/1952 |
St Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) | 940-950 (Evens) | 14823-14828 | 6319 | 10/1951 |
Atlantic Coast Line | 392B-403B | 14886-14897 | 3113 | 9/1951 - 10/1951 |
Union Pacific | 1476B, 1476C - 1494B, 1494C | 15097-15116 | 3094 | 10/1951 - 11/1951 |
Erie Railroad | 712B, 712C | 15137-15138 | 6308 | 12/1951 |
Milwaukee Road | 113B-118B | 15221-15226 11/51 (3106) | 3106 | 11/1951 |
Milwaukee Road | 98B-103B | 15239-15244 | 3111 | 10/1951 - 12/1951 |
New York Central | 2436-2442 | 15453-15459 | 3098 | 11/1951 - 12/1951 |
St Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) | 5132-5134 | 15629-15631 | 6348 | 1/1952 |
Northern Pacific | 6019B/6019C - 6020B/6020C, 6050 | 15676-15680 | 3134 | 12/1951 |
Northern Pacific | 6550 | 15683 | 3135 | 2/1952 |
Texas & Pacific (Missouri Pacific) | 1531B-1534B | 15841-15844 | 3101 | 1/1952 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 929x-945x (Odds) | 15923-15931 | 3122 | 1/1952 |
Erie Railroad | 713C | 15932 | 6355 | 2/1952 |
Chesapeake & Ohio | 7516-7542 | 16023-16049 | 3097 | 1/1952 - 5/1952 |
Chesapeake & Ohio | 8500-8506 | 16064-16070 | 3096 | 2/1952 - 4/1952 |
Great Northern | 311B-317B | 16085-16091 | 3127 | 3/1952 - 4/1952 |
Great Northern | 280B-281B | 16094-16095 | 3128 | 6/1952 |
Great Northern | 458C | 16098 | 3129 | 4/1952 |
New York Central | 2443-2474 | 16252-16283 | 3124 | 9/1952 - 10/1952 |
Soo Line (Wisconsin Central) | 2204C | 16478 | 3152 | 7/1952 |
Southern (Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific) | 6169-6182 | 16487-16500 | 3121 | 10/1952 - 11/1952 |
Denver & Rio Grande Western | 5702-5703, 5712-5713, 5722-5723, 5732-5733, 5742-5743, 5752, 5762 | 16531-16542 | 3149 | 6/1952 - 7/1952 |
Bessemer & Lake Erie | 715B-722B | 16598-16605 | 3105 | 6/1952 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 947x-961x (Odds) | 16671-16678 | 3146 | 8/1952 |
Pennsylvania | 9872B-9878B (Evens) | 16799-16802 | 3144 | 9/1952 |
St Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) | 952-958 (Evens) | 16816-16819 | 6396 | 5/1952 |
Chicago & North Western | 4091B-4094B | 16820-16823 | 3112 | 7/1952 |
Milwaukee Road | 104B-105B | 16948-16949 | 3130 | 9/1952 |
Southern Pacific | 8268-8285 | 17190-17207 | 3153 | 11/1952 |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) | 546-547, 542-545 | 17218-17223 | 3157 | 12/1952 - 1/1953 |
Union Pacific | 910B, 910C | 17233-17234 | 6444 | 4/1952 |
Chesapeake & Ohio | 7543-7546 | 17272-17275 | 3147 | 10/1952 - 11/1952 |
Great Northern | 460B | 17277 | 6452 | 8/1952 |
Santa Fe | 42A-44A | 17319-17321 | 6447 | 10/1952 |
ASanta Fe | 45A-47A | 17322-17324 | 6454 | 10/1952 |
Santa Fe | 42B-44B | 17325-17327 | 6447 | 10/1952 |
Santa Fe | 45B-47B | 17328-17330 | 6454 | 10/1952 |
Electro-Motive (Demonstrators) | 459B, 459C | 17414-17415 (became Union Pacific #496B, #496C) | 6459 | 10/1952 |
Southern (Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific) | 6183 | 17429 | 3121 | 11/1952 |
Santa Fe | 306A-307A | 17438-17439 | 6465 | 12/1952 |
Santa Fe | 308A-309A, 306B-309B | 17442-17447 | 6465 | 12/1952 |
Clinchfield | 861-863 | 17486-17488 | 3114 | 12/1952 |
Baltimore & Ohio | 977x-993x (Odds) | 17530-17538 | 6467 | 1/1953 |
Western Maryland | 231B-237B (Odds) | 17551-17554 | 3068 | 12/1952 |
Alaska Railroad | 1501-1505 (Odds) | 17713-17715 | 7021 | 12/1952 |
Louisville & Nashville | 713-716 | 17837-17840 | 3118 | 1/1953 |
Great Northern | 462B, 464B | 17859-17860 | 3151 | 1/1953 |
Great Northern | 466B, 468B | 17861-17862 | 6498 | 1/1953 - 2/1953 |
Great Northern | 462C, 464C | 17863-17864 | 3151 | 1/1953 |
Great Northern | 466C, 468C | 17859-17866 | 6498 | 1/1953 - 2/1953 |
Bessemer & Lake Erie | 723B-724B | 17913-17914 | 3158 | 2/1953 |
Bessemer & Lake Erie | 725B-726B | 17919-17920 | 3158 | 2/1953 |
Santa Fe | 310A, 310B - 314A, 314B | 17938-17947 | 6466 | 3/1953 |
Santa Fe | 336A/336B-340A/340B, 341A, 343A, 342A, 344A | 17957-17970 | 6501 | 4/1953 - 5/1953 |
Southern Pacific | 8296-8303 | 18146-18153 | 3160 | 2/1953 - 3/1953 |
Southern Pacific | 8290, 8292, 8294, 8291, 8293, 8295 | 18160-18165 | 3166 | 2/1953 |
Milwaukee Road | 119B-121B | 18214-18216 | 3131 | 4/1953 |
Southern Pacific (Texas & New Orleans) | 548-553 | 18375-18380 | 3167 | 5/1953 - 7/1953 |
St Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) | 5135-5139 | 18425-18429 | 3141 | 6/1953 |
Santa Fe | 269A, 269B - 280A, 280B | 18935-18958 | 6523 | 11/1953 - 12/1953 |
Western Maryland | 61B, 65B, 239B-243B (Odds) | 19026-19030 | 3177 | 12/1953 |
Alaska Railroad | 1507 | 19047 | 3173 | 12/1953 |
Owner | Road Number | Serial Number | Order Number | Completion Date | Heritage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kansas City Southern | 78C (2nd) | 14734 | 8004 | 12/1951 | F7B 78C (1st) |
Chicago Great Western | 104B | 4132 | 8007 | 1/1952 | F3B 104B |
Union Pacific | 1464B | 4657 | 8008 | 3/1952 | F3B 1456B |
Union Pacific | 1464C | 6740 | 8010 | 3/1952 | F3B 1558C |
Union Pacific | 1466B (2nd) | 13987 | 8014 | 6/1952 | F7B 1466B (1st) |
Union Pacific | 1466C (2nd) | 13988 | 8015 | 6/1952 | F7B 1466C (1st) |
Great Northern | 350B | 4691 | 8017 | 6/1952 | F3B 350B |
Santa Fe | 48A | 6631 | E1014 | 7/1952 | F3B 32A |
Great Northern | 360B | 9559 | 8019 | 7/1952 | F7B 501B |
Great Northern | 460C | 1959 | 8020 | 8/1952 | FTB 418C |
New York Central | 2446 (2nd) | 16255 | 8029 | 11/1953 | F7B 2446 (1st) |
The EMD F7's reliability and ruggedness can still be seen today as dozens remain preserved and in operation with a handful still work freight trains, notably on short line Grafton & Upton (now stored) and Keokuk Junction Railway (two FP9A's and an F9B).
Other places one can still find F7s in use include:
The most famous F7s pulled Norfolk Southern's business train for many years, featuring a livery inspired by predecessor Southern Railway. The units have since been sold: F9A #270 and F7B #275 were purchased by Reading & Northern on November 23, 2019 for passenger service.
Just a few weeks later it was announced on December 13, 2019 that North Carolina short line Aberdeen Carolina & Western would acquire F9A #271 and F7B #276.
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